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The Immigration Act of 1924 reflected desires to tamp down on overall immigration, “but also try to shift the origins of immigration back to the western and northern European origin,” Gelatt said.

President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 — the last comprehensive immigration reform measure — which made any immigrant who entered the country before 1982 ...

Between 1870 and 1920, the U.S. experienced the largest immigration period in our history. It included 25 million Eastern and Southern Europeans, mainly Slavs and Italians.

ON MAY 26, 1924, President Coolidge gave his approval to what is officially known as the Immigration Act of 1924. This new law marks a radical change in the immigration policy of the United States.

The clearance process at Ellis Island took only a few hours. The gates to the New World were slammed shut, or nearly so, when Congress passed the U.S. Immigration Act of 1924.

The clearance process at Ellis Island took only a few hours. The gates to the New World were slammed shut, or nearly so, when Congress passed the U.S. Immigration Act of 1924.